7 responses to “Global Warming And Forest Fires”

A California fire chief was saying that the fire seasons have grown longer since he can remember, so if true I think that helps to prove A that Global Warming exists.

Also saw a Vice episode on HBO where a scientist in Greenland was saying that soot from the forest fires settles on the ice there and darkens it, causing it to melt 6x faster. Warming’s a bitch?

Either way, my beliefs are:
A) Global Warming exists
B) Our impact on it (plus or minus) is minimal
C) We should still be making strong efforts to reduce all pollution, but
D) We should be starting with China and India, not leaving them to last
E) Environmentalists avoid real math and therefore reality 🙂

I have been a firefighter for 17 years, granted, I am not a wildland firefighter but I do read a lot of trade publications. I can tell you though that if all things were equal, we would probably see more wildland fires than in the past. However, just like in urban structure fires, all things are not equal. We are building more roads and reservoirs which act as natural fire breaks, and we are taking steps to reduce the fuel loads, and even using chemical treatments to reduce fire risks.